Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
Ph: 732-321-7733 (adult), 732-548-7610 (pediatric)

JRI's Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinic provides a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of more than 40 muscular dystrophies. At our monthly adult and pediatric clinics, examination, testing and counseling is performed by a physiatrist and physical, occupational and speech therapists. A social worker and registered nurse also assist in assessing the needs of the patient and his or her family.

After establishing the diagnosis and treatment plan, the patient is monitored two to three times a year through follow-up clinic visits. Transportation is provided to and from clinic appointments.

Diseases treated through the MDA clinic include:

• Muscular dystrophies
• Myotonic dystrophies
• Duchenne's
• Becker's
• Limb-Girdle
• Facioscapularhumeral
• Congenital
• Distal
• Emery-Dreifus
• Motor neuron diseases
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy (Type 1 Werdnig Hoffman disease)
• Intermediate spinal muscular atrophy (Type 2)
• Adult spinal muscular atrophy (Aran-Duchenne type)
• Inflammatory myopathies
• Polymyosititis
• Dermatatomyositis
• Diseases of the neuromuscular junction
• Myasthenia gravis
• Eaton-Lambert (myasthenic) syndrome
• Diseases of the peripheral nerve
• Peroneal muscular atrophy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease)
• Frederick's Ataxia
• Dejerine-Sottas disease
• Metabolic diseases of the muscle
• Phosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease)
• Acid maltase deficiency (AMD) (Pompe's disease)
• Phosphofructokinase deficiency (Tauri's disease)
• Debrancher enzyme deficiency (Cori's disease or Forbes' disease)
• Mitochrondrial myopathy
• Carnitine deficiency
• Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency
• Phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency
• Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency
• Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
• Myopathies due to endocrine abnormalities
• Hyperthyroid myopathy
• Hypothyroid myopathy
• Other myopathies
• Myotonia congenita
• Paramyotonia congenita
• Central core disease
• Nemaline myopathy
• Myotubular myopathy
• Periodic paralysis

Contact Us

This clinic is partially supported by the MDA and is one of 225 hospital-based clinics affiliated with the organization. If you suspect that you or your child may have muscular dystrophy, please call 732-321-7733 for an adult appointment or 732-548-7610 for a children's appointment.